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During the government shutdown, troops may miss their October 15 paycheck, but options for emergency financial assistance include interest-free loans from USAA, Navy Federal, and local credit unions, as well as non-profit aid from Army Emergency Relief and the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, all designed to help service members manage financial stress during this period.
Viva Payday Loans has launched a platform offering 1-hour payday loans with guaranteed approval and no credit check, providing a quick, online solution for Americans in urgent need of cash, often delivering funds within an hour after approval, and catering especially to those with poor or no credit history.
A Reuters analysis reveals that many small banks in the United States are not prepared to borrow from the Federal Reserve in times of emergency. The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank earlier this year highlighted the lack of preparedness among smaller banks, with insufficient collateral and a failure to test access to the "discount window" for emergency loans. This vulnerability has raised concerns at the Federal Reserve, prompting updated guidance for banks to incorporate the discount window into their contingency funding arrangements. Data shows that smaller banks are less likely to have utilized the discount window, indicating a need for improved readiness.
China is emerging as a new heavyweight in providing emergency funds to debt-ridden countries, catching up to the IMF as a lender of last resort. China has been helping countries that have either geopolitical significance or lots of natural resources. China provided $40.5 billion in emergency loans to distressed countries in 2021, compared to the IMF's $68.6 billion. China's emerging position as a lender of last resort reflects its evolving status as an economic superpower at a time of global weakness.
Emergency loans made by the Federal Reserve to small and mid-sized US banks were key to stabilizing withdrawals, according to Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo. The swift actions by federal regulators helped contain the fallout from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, but the markets have not yet fully priced in the federal aid or the $30 billion deposited into First Republic Bank to boost confidence in the system. The ongoing questions about bank stability and whether uninsured deposits will be covered in the future remain.
Emergency loans to banks hit a new record of $153bn in the week through Wednesday, surpassing previous highs reached during the 2008 financial crisis, according to a weekly Federal Reserve report. The report sheds light on banks' demand for short-term cash in the early days of the fallout from the Silicon Valley Bank crisis. Banks also had $12 billion in credit from the Bank Term Funding Program, announced Sunday night, to make bank lending available on highly favourable terms.